patch-2.4.13 linux/fs/namei.c

• Lines: 17
• Date: Wed Oct 17 14:46:29 2001
• Orig file: v2.4.12/linux/fs/namei.c
• Orig date: Thu Oct 11 08:02:26 2001

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.4.12/linux/fs/namei.c linux/fs/namei.c
@@ -646,10 +646,14 @@
 static int __emul_lookup_dentry(const char *name, struct nameidata *nd)
 {
 	if (path_walk(name, nd))
-		return 0;
+		return 0;		/* something went wrong... */
 
-	if (!nd->dentry->d_inode) {
+	if (!nd->dentry->d_inode || S_ISDIR(nd->dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {
 		struct nameidata nd_root;
+		/*
+		 * NAME was not found in alternate root or it's a directory.  Try to find
+		 * it in the normal root:
+		 */
 		nd_root.last_type = LAST_ROOT;
 		nd_root.flags = nd->flags;
 		read_lock(&current->fs->lock);